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Event 28: A Johnsmas Foy
King Street Halls, Kirkwall, 11am
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£7 full
£4 conc*
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This year’s Foy explores love, home, migration and belonging. Narratives weave together through music, dance, writing and song. The performance features dance by the Orkney Traditional Dance Association, and writing by George Mackay Brown, local writers and Nalini Paul, GMB Writing Fellow.
Conceived by Nalini Paul;
directed by Aimée Leonard.
Approximately 1 hour |
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Event 29:
Nicola Benedetti violin,
Alexei Grynyuk piano
 St Magnus Cathedral, 1pm
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£12 full
£7 conc*
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| Prokoviev |
Sonata no.1 in F minor, op. 80 |
| Brahms |
Sonata no. 3 in D minor, op. 108 |
Nicola Benedetti has
captivated audiences
and critics alike with her
musicality, poise and
radiant performances.
Making her St Magnus
debut, Nicola is joined
by Ukrainian pianist
Alexei Grynyuk to
perform two masterworks:
Prokoviev’s virtuosic, darkhued
first sonata
and Brahms’ autumnal,
final work for violin
and piano.
Approximately 1 hour |
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Event 30: Music in the Italian Chapel
Andrzej Bauer, cello
depart Palace Road, Kirkwall, 2.40pm
Italian Chapel, 3.15pm
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£12 full
£8 conc*
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The beautiful Italian Chapel provides an intimate
setting for a recital by one of Poland’s finest
cellists. Andrzej Bauer plays two of Bach’s great
suites for solo cello and a work specially written
for him by our guest composer, Pawel Mykietyn.
Festival excursion:
Buses leave Palace Road,
Kirkwall, at 2.40pm,
arriving back at 5pm. |
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Festival Film: The Full Monteverdi
New Phoenix Cinema, Pickaquoy Centre, Kirkwall, 4pm & 6pm
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£5 at door
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John La Bouchardière’s award-winning film starring I Fagiolini transforms Monteverdi’s 4th
Book of Madrigals into a highly charged and
moving portrait of contemporary love. A film to
whet your appetite for this evening’s concert by
the celebrated vocal ensemble.
‘A brilliant film - a searing dramatisation’ The Times
Running time 1 hour |
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Event 31: The Doctor and the Devils
by Dylan Thomas
adapted and directed by Vivia Leslie
music by Alasdair Nicolson
Orkney Arts Theatre, Kirkwall, 6pm
A special adaptation of Dylan Thomas's powerful screenplay set in Edinburgh in the mid-1800s and based on the real-life story of infamous grave robbers Burke and Hare and Scottish surgeon Dr Knox. The gripping story, the host of wonderfully Dickensian characters, Dylan Thomas's lyrical language and Alasdair Nicolson's specially composed music all combine to make a compelling piece of community theatre.
There is a further performance of The Doctor and the Devils on Friday 25th June.
Approximately 2 hours |
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£8 full
£5 conc*
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 Event 32: Circulous!
Jewson's Shed, Junction Road, Kirkwall, 6.30pm
Prepare to be amazed by our stunning selection
of physical performers. Expect spectacular
martial arts, breathtaking roller skating,
contemporary clowning and awe-inspiring
acrobatics; but be sure that everything you
see will have a very particular twist of its own.
Charlie Holland, creator of Oiseau Rouge and
Faring, brings his cast together from Germany,
Holland, Australia, New Zealand and the UK -
for these four shows only!
Sponsored by
Approximately 2 hours |
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£12 full
£7 conc*
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Event 33: Cries from the Heart
I Fagiolini
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£13 full
£7 conc*
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St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall, 8.30pm
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Madrigals from Books IV-VIII |
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Sept Chansons |
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Lamento d'Arianna |
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Cries of London |
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Britain's leading solo-voice ensemble is strongly associated with Monteverdi, a composer whose music, though written 400 years ago, still has the power to move listeners today. Poulenc had been working on Monteverdi's madrigals before writing his Sept Chansons in 1936. Berio's Cries of London is a characterful, comic and virtuosic play on the Tudor custom of incorporating street cries into consort works.
‘The sheer wit and charm of I Fagiolini's singing and acting tend to obscure the high musical standards of everything they do.' The Guardian
Recorded for future broadcast on BBC Radio 3
Approximately 1 hour 45 minutes |
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Event 34: Circulous!
Jewson's Shed, Junction Road, Kirkwall, 9.30pm
Prepare to be amazed by our stunning selection of physical performers. Expect spectacular martial arts, breathtaking roller skating, contemporary clowning and awe-inspiring acrobatics; but be sure that everything you see will have a very particular twist of its own. Charlie Holland, creator of Oiseau Rouge and Faring, brings his cast together from Germany, Holland, Australia, New Zealand and the UK - for these four shows only!
Approximately 2 hours |
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£12 full
£7 conc*
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Festival Club: Leszek Mozdzer
Albert Hotel, Kirkwall, 10pm
£6 at door or £20 Club Pass in advance
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| *Concessions are available for schoolchildren, full-time students and people who are registered unemployed. Postal, internet and in-person bookings open Monday 19th April. Phone bookings accepted from Tuesday 20th April. |
